Posted on 07/22/2013 1:14:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
I doubt they were foreseeing as much as describing what they had already witnessed elsewhere. Lawmakers always seem to feel the need to make more and more laws; if they don't, then they do not think they are doing their jobs. It is also a feature of society that people can always find "loopholes" that existing laws do not cover, so lawmakers must write new laws to patch up the loopholes. The progression from a simple set of laws that everyone understands to a confusing mish-mash of contradictory laws is a natural consequence of human behavior.
Good to see you here, with a great point.
Bingo! We don’t have a national government. We have a federal government whose main job is to protect our borders, limit and eliminate interior intrastate laws that stifle interstate commerce, and run a military to maintain international peace so that trade can occur.
That’s all folks.
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